print email comment close Comic Valentines: A Curious Collection of Valentines URL: http://www.scrapalbum.com/svcomic/svc_p1.htm Description: These unusual Victorian valentines are the antithesis of the lacy, sentimental valentine greeting. "These scurrilous printed sheets, entered into the humour of the common and middle classes, fun and mischief were their elements. In reality they were masterpieces of the grotesque, venomous in humour, spiteful and rude, expressing anything but love." Information about the origin, size, and approximate date of each card is included along with selections from period newspapers. From the Scrap Album. Author: Warrington, Malcolm Library of Congress Subject Headings: Greeting cards Valentines Victoriana LII Database Information: Record 11113 created by Margaret Myhre on 01/20/2004 Last modification on 02/07/2007 Published: 01/20/2004   Republished: 02/08/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/11113